Example sentences for: calling

How can you use “calling” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Donald Dossey, a North Carolina behavioral scientist, has coined a term for it: "paraskevidekatriaphobia," which he derived from the Greek for fear of Friday the 13 th . He estimates that between 17 million and 21 million Americans suffer mild to severe anxiety or change their activities--performing rituals before leaving the house, calling in sick to work, or postponing flights or major purchases--and that businesses lose $750 million in revenues because of these fears.

  • "Wars mean casualties" said the Telegraph , calling once again for the deployment of ground troops.

  • The cover story excerpts Confessions of a Spy , a new book about Aldrich Ames, calling the convicted spy the "most destructive traitor in American history."

  • On the campaign trail, Dole was still calling for the misbegotten Homemaker IRA a week after it had passed into law.

  • Murphy is attaching blame to someone else . Murphy is more or less calling the technician said to be responsible (we never get the technician's version) a schmuck . In Bear's version, Murphy is not stating any broad philosophical principle of any kind.


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